The University of Nebraska Basic Financial Statements and Additional Information for the Years Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 and Independent Auditors’ Reports This document is an official public record of the State of Nebraska, issued by the Auditor of Public Accounts. Modification of this document may change the accuracy of the original document and may be prohibited by law. Issued on December 15, 2020 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT 1 - 2 COMPONENT UNIT - INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT 3 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (UNAUDITED) 4 - 14 BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: Statements of Net Position 15 - 16 Component Unit - Consolidated Statements of Financial Position 17 Statements of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Position 18 Component Unit - Consolidated Statements of Activities 19 - 20 Statements of Cash Flows 21 - 22 Component Unit - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 23 Notes to Financial Statements 24 - 74 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance With Government Auditing Standards 75 - 76 NEBRASKA AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Charlie Janssen [email protected] State Auditor PO Box 98917 State Capitol, Suite 2303 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 402-471-2111, FAX 402-471-3301 auditors.nebraska.gov INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska: Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the business-type activities and the discretely presented component unit of the University of Nebraska (University) (a component unit of the State of Nebraska) as of and for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the University’s basic financial statements, as listed in the table of contents. Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We did not audit the financial statements of the University of Nebraska Foundation (Foundation), a discretely presented component unit of the University; the University of Nebraska Facilities Corporation, the University Technology Development Corporation, the University Dental Associates, the UNeHealth, the UNMC Science Research Fund, and the Nebraska Utility Corporation, blended component units of the University (collectively identified as the Blended Component Units); and the activity relating to the Members of the Obligated Group under the Master Trust Indenture. The Blended Component Units and the activity relating to the Members of the Obligated Group under the Master Trust Indenture represent 20 percent, 2 percent, and 7 percent, respectively, of the assets, net position, and revenues of the University at June 30, 2020, and 22 percent, 6 percent, and 13 percent, respectively, of the assets, net position, and revenues of the University at June 30, 2019. Those statements were audited by other auditors, whose reports have been furnished to us, along with the Foundation report, which appears herein, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for the Foundation, the Blended Component Units, and the activity relating to the Members of the Obligated Group under the Master Trust Indenture, is based solely on the report of the other auditors. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. The financial statements of the Foundation, the University of Nebraska Facilities Corporation, the University Dental Associates, the UNeHealth, the UNMC Science Research Fund, and the Nebraska Utility Corporation were not audited in accordance with Government Auditing Standards. - 1 - An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the University’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. Opinion In our opinion, based on our audit and the reports of the other auditors, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the business-type activities and the discretely presented component unit of the University of Nebraska, as of June 30, 2020 and 2019, and the respective changes in financial position and cash flows thereof for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Emphasis of Matter As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the 2019 financial statements have been restated to correct a misstatement. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter. Other Matters Required Supplementary Information Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the Management’s Discussion and Analysis, on pages 4 through 14 be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consistency with management’s responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance. Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated December 14, 2020, on our consideration of the University’s internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the University’s internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the University’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance. Lincoln, Nebraska Mark Avery, CPA December 14, 2020 Assistant Deputy Auditor - 2 - KPMG LLP Suite 300 Suite 1120 1212 N. 96th Street 1248 O Street Omaha, NE 68114-2274 Lincoln, NE 68508-1493 Independent Auditors’ Report The Board of Directors University of Nebraska Foundation: We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of the University of Nebraska Foundation (the Foundation), which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position as of June 30, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of activities and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements. Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of consolidated financial statements